Sunday, 9 December 2012

A small part of the skeletal material of Philip II, that was found in
the golden larnax, one of the most
precious items of the ancient world, will be transported to the EKEFE
Dimokritos and to the

The purpose of this action is to permit the microscopic photographing
and investigation of the unknown material that has settled on the bones, which
were discovered in the larnax in the main chamber of the tomb II of the Great
Tumulus of Vergina.

This material has been observed in other burials in Macedonia, but it
is the first time that an exhaustive research is being carried out concerning
its mineral and chemical composition, and the results will give us important
information concerning the procedure of oxidation of the larnax and concerning the ceremonial materials used at
the time.

The demand of the
director of the Vergina excavations of the Aristotelian University of Thessalonike,
professor Ch. Saatsoglou-Paliadeli, for the transport of the fragments received
the light from the Central Archaeological Council.